Anime Review

Appleseed (1988)

Following a long and bitter worldwide war the city of Olympus is created as a Utopia: the prototype for a perfect society. Many of its citizens are “Biodroids’ (sic), clones who are…

• 5th December 2005
Anime Review

Casshan: Robot Hunter

It has been three years since the intelligent robot “Black King Boss” and his Andro Army came to power, taking over a significant portion of the world and enslaving much of humanity.…

• 30th November 2005
Anime Review

Wolf’s Rain Volume 1

In a bleak and harsh future world, wolves roam free among human beings who are struggling to survive. Few know they still exist; disguising their true appearance and living among ordinary members…

• 30th November 2005
Anime Review

Tenchi Muyo! Mihoshi Special

Galaxy Police Detective Mihoshi is well known for her tendency to eat and sleep all day, but in an attempt to show Tenchi and the girls that she actually does have some measure of competency, Mihoshi…

• 28th November 2005
Anime Review

Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam

2005 marks the year that I discovered Yoshiyuki Tomino’s fabled Mobile Suit Gundam; it is rare to find a space opera with a story as far reaching as this, with characters, cultures and technologies…

• 26th November 2005
Anime Review

.hack// Legend Of The Twilight

Four years have passed since the events of the .hack videogames, and the MMORPG “The World” has long since become a far more stable and peaceful place- not to mention the fact that it is now more popular…

• 24th November 2005
Anime Review

Mobile Suit Gundam F91

Regardless of how long you’ve been an anime fan I daresay you will have come across Mobile Suit Gundam in ones of its many incarnations at one time or another. Widely regarded as Japan’s…

• 12th November 2005
Anime Review

Outlaw Star

On the planet Sentinel III, Gene Starwind and his young partner Jim Hawking run the creatively titled “Starwind and Hawking Enterprises”, a small business that handles any job …

• 6th November 2005
Anime Review

Texhnolyze Volume 3

In past reviews, I have made no secret of my admiration for Texhnolyze. I realize this is hardly the most accessible (even likable) of series, but I love it irregardless. I assume Texhnolyze is …

• 22nd October 2005
Anime Review

Chobits Volume 4

As an important test date approaches for Hideki he is dismayed to see his results are disappointing and his best friend Shinbo is becoming more and more withdrawn. As if this wasn’t complicating…

• 17th October 2005
Anime Review

Trigun Volume 5

Touching down on the weird and wonderful Planet Gunsmoke for the fifth time, we rejoin Trigun at the all-important half way mark. Whilst this disc may include another helping of woeful filler,…

• 16th October 2005
Anime Review

GANTZ Volume 1

GANTZ has arrived in the UK with a reputation for controversy; you may have heard it described as mindless violence or overly sexual- those comments are not wrong, but what separates this series…

• 8th October 2005
Anime Review

Planetes Volume 1

Goro Taniguchi’s Planetes is one of the strangest anime series to have been produced in recent years. Of course a futuristic space setting is nothing new, but a story about garbage men is…

• 6th October 2005
Anime Review

Robotech: Remastered Volume 1

If there’s one thing that Manga Entertainment excels at it is releasing old fan favourites at a value for money price: Robotech is another title that can be added to this list. A made-for-Western-TV…

• 4th October 2005
Anime Review

Stratos 4 Volume 3

I’ve tried to enjoy Stratos4, I really have, all the ingredients for a terrific series are there, bubbly characters, a better than average plot and appealing if basic animation. Unfortunately…

• 4th October 2005